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| author | Ben Pfaff <blp@nicira.com> | 2010-06-11 10:52:02 -0700 |
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| committer | Ben Pfaff <blp@nicira.com> | 2010-06-11 10:52:11 -0700 |
| commit | 26bb189de27c51a210d64ddace8669cef50c0f9c (patch) | |
| tree | 74dcb47728f3a338cd2257efae35bdbb2a1383cd /INSTALL.Linux | |
| parent | 6e8e271c0dc5e931d64436dea6643eb25527b1d0 (diff) | |
INSTALL.Linux: Note the need for CONFIG_TUN and /dev/net/tun.
Diffstat (limited to 'INSTALL.Linux')
| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL.Linux | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL.Linux b/INSTALL.Linux index 014e3ac0..5a628d8c 100644 --- a/INSTALL.Linux +++ b/INSTALL.Linux @@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ INSTALL.userspace for more information. be compiled with IPv6 support (CONFIG_IPV6). This allows for special handling (such as path MTU discovery) of IPv6 packets. + To use Open vSwitch support for TAP devices, you must enable + CONFIG_TUN. + - To build a kernel module, you need the same version of GCC that was used to build that kernel. @@ -100,7 +103,8 @@ following software: if it is installed in a different location, then some Open vSwitch log messages will not be as detailed. -You should ensure that /dev/urandom exists. +You should ensure that /dev/urandom exists. To support TAP devices, +you must also ensure that /dev/net/tun exists. To run the ovsdmonitor tool, the machine must also have the following software: |